Sunday, May 18, 2025

3,000 miles after the Bafang BBS02 conversion !


The conversion of the 2009 Surly Long Haul Trucker took place in late summer 2022.

I now have 3,000 miles on the odometer on the Bafang motor.  Everything has been great!
I highly recommend the conversion.  It has let me keep riding,
and with age and sore knees that was a worry. 
 
My riding these days has been limited to 15 miles outings in hilly terrain & shopping trips 
to the grocery store.  
This conversion just works.
I would not change a thing.  

My original concern was with the rim brakes of the old Surly Long Haul Trucker for an e-bike conversion. I can report that with the type of riding that I do, the is no issue with having rim brakes.